In March, I got notification that the building had sold, and that I was to deposit the weekly rent payments into a different account. The young man who'd been handling the property said he was going off to university and he gave me his father's number.

On a couple of occasions when I forgot to pay rent on time, the silence was conspicuous.

Once, when I'd been in Kilkenny for a visit, concerned about my stuff I called and the aul fella said he was in the Czech Republic. He didn't seem worried about the property nor about the rent.